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But I would like to say what relief I feel to see that you also think The Great Divorce is a lousy title for a really good book.
And I'm all ready to trivialize poetry. Our culture honors something by trivializing it! Or at least, that's what I learn every time I play trivial pursuit.
Sometimes I think the Modernism and New Criticism ruined poetry by making it into a puzzle that only the smartest of the smart could play. I love T. S. Eliot, but it's largely his fault.
Oh boy. Back to work.
To be honest, I found the entire ad campaign deeply offensive--not so much because it asked a difficult question and came up with a different answer than I would have. It was offensive because it belittled everyone who believed differently.
Belittling people. Is that absolutely always wrong or a tool to be used with great discretion?
My own opinion is that generally, as it relates to religious beliefs, we should be careful to speak with truth and grace. But what about Elijah and the prophets of Baal on Mt. Carmel?
I personally think that it is useful to use shame and guilt for certain specific situations. Like when a man mistreats a lady, for example. I cannot take the law into my own hands, but it would not be beyond my jurisdiction to ask him, "Does that make you feel like a man?"
(P.S. I quoted you in a couple of my post comments at questwriter.blogspot.com-hope you don't mind)